OPEC says oil glut 'may ease' by 2017 as non-cartel supply drops
OPEC said Friday a global crude glut that has squeezed the market and sent prices plunging over the past year "may be easing" as...
Iran moves assets in successful test of lifting of sanctions
Iran has successfully transferred some of its formerly frozen assets in order to ensure that financial sanctions have been fully lifted in accordance with...
Assad’s allies Russia and Iran in Mideast resurgence
After years of waning influence, Russia and Iran made a dramatic comeback in the Middle East in 2015 as they threw their support behind...
Turkey, U.S. agree roadmap to avert crisis in Syria’s Manbij, few details
Turkey and the United States on Monday endorsed a roadmap for the northern Syrian city of Manbij and underlined their mutual commitment to its...
Saudi-led coalition strikes kill at least 50 in Yemen
Air strikes by a Saudi-led coalition killed 50 people in Yemen when they hit a Houthi-held security compound in the north and a house...
Saudi allies scale down ties to Iran
Allies of Saudi Arabia followed the kingdom's lead and on Monday began scaling down their diplomatic ties to Iran in the wake of the...
Iraq MPs call for timetable for foreign troop pullout
Iraq's parliament called for the government to draw up a timetable for the withdrawal of foreign troops from the country in a resolution passed...
Yemen eyes place in GCC once war clouds disperse
Yemen is to seek membership of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) once peace and security returns to the country.
Mohammed Maytami, Yemeni minister of planning,...
All measures taken to ensure MERS-free Haj
The Ministry of Health has taken all necessary measures to control the rising incidence of MERS in Riyadh and a 24X7 epidemiological surveillance system...
Israel hopes spy Pollard can emigrate for US embassy opening
Israel hopes Jonathan Pollard, an American spy who served 30 years in prison for selling secrets to the Jewish state, will be allowed to...
